Smoking-pipe attachment



Feb. 8, 1927. 1,617,257

F. J. J. L ECHLEDER smoxme PIPE ATTACHMENT Fild April 12. 1926 WITNESSES m vENToR Q a ELIXJJLEIHLEDER ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

Iran a s1 res FELIX JOSE JULIUS LEGHLEDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SMOKING-PIPE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed April 12, 1926. Serial No. 101,526.

The invention relates to smoking pipes and has for its object to provide an attachment for smking pipes which employs a cap to enclose the bowl of the pipe thereby preventing sparks from flying from the bowl when the tobacco in the pipe is lighted.

Another object of the invention is to provide the bowl with an adjustable tamper for pressing down the tobacco in the bowl;

Still another object of the invention is to provide means by which the tamper is resiliently held in adjusted position relative to the cap and bowl.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of the invention is described. r

In the drawings similar reference char-- acters refer to similar parts in all of the figures, in which- Figure 1 is a view showing my attachment adjusted on the bowl of a pipe;

Figure 2 is a side sectional elevation of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2. v

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a cap 5 is employed which is normally disposed on the bowl 6 of the pipe 7 This cap 5 has an orifice 8 through which a spindle 9 is disposed, a tamper 10 being mounted on the lower end of the spindle 9. the said. tamper being disposed in the bowl 6 of the pipe 7 so that it may be employed to. press the tobacco down which is contained in the said pipe bowl 6.

At the upper end of the spindle 9 there is a knob or button 11 and disposed around the spindle 9 between the tamper 10 and the knob or button 11 there is spiral spring 12 which serves as a thread for thespindle 9. This is possible inasmuch as the diameter of the orifice 8 is not sufficientlyv large to permit the spiral spring 12 to pass longitudinally therethrough except by turning the spiral spring 12 which then acts as a thread. The

relatively to the cap 5 by turning the knob or button 11, thereby adjusting the spindle 9 through the spiral spring 12 which, as has been stated, acts as a thread. Therefore, the position of the spiral spring 12 when it is raised may be adjusted relatively to the cap 5 and by this means the spindle 9 with its tamper 10 may be held resiliently in ad justed position. By pressing down on the knob or button 11 the tamper 10 will press down the tobacco in the pipe bowl 6' but,

the spiral spring 12 will raise the spindle 9 and the tamper 10 and the distance which the spindle 9 with its tamper 10 will be raised will depend on the position of the spiral spring 12 relatively to the cap -5 at its orifice 8.

The orifice 8 in the cap 5 is slightly larger than the spindle 9 but not sufficiently large to permit the spiral spring 12 topass therethrough without rotation and the smoke will, therefore, pass. through the orifice 8 around the spindle 9 but additional openings may be made in the cap 5 as may be desired,

When my attachment is used sparks will be prevented from flying from the pipe bowl 6 when the tobacco in the said pipe bowl 6 is lighted but nevertheless the pipe may be smoked in the usual way and with my tamper 10 it is always possible for the smoker to press down the tobaccoin the pipe bowl 6 after which the tamper will be moved away from the tobaccov in the pipe bowl because of the resiliency of thespiral spring 12.

What I claim is 1. In an attachment for a smoking pipe having a bowl, a cap for the bowl having an orifice, a tamper having a spindle ex tending through the orifice, and resilient means adjustably held relatively to the cap for holding the spindle yleldingly 1n position relatively to the cap; 7

2. In an attachment for asmoking pipe having a bowl, a cap for the bowl having an orifice, a tamper having a spindle disposed in the orifice, a spiral spring disposed around the spindle arranged to retard its rotary movement relatively to the spindle, the

' spring serving as a thread for the spindle Which meshes With the cap at the orifice therein by which means the spindle may be rotated relatively to the cap to adjust the position of the tamper relatively to the cap for holding the tamper yieldingly as desired relatively to the cap and means to limit the movement of the terminals of the spiral spring longitudinally of the spindle.

FELIX JOSEF JULIUS LECHLEDER. 

